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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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The Royal Navy List, Or, Who's who in the Navy
Author: The History of the Royal Artillery from the Indian Mutiny to the Great War
Author: Sir John Emerson Wharton HeadlamPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Naval Brigades in the South African War, 1899-1900
Author: Thomas T. JeansPublisher:
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Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Report of His Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Inquire Into the Military Preparations and Other Matters Connected with the War in South Africa
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Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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A Sailor's Odyssey
Author: Andrew CunninghamPublisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1399092960
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 761
Book Description
Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by his predecessor in 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was during the dark days of 1940–41, after the surrender of France and Italy’s entry into the War and when Britain was fighting single-handed, that Cunningham held the Eastern Mediterranean with a fleet greatly inferior to the Italian; his lack of ships and aircraft was more than made up for by his bold and vigorous command. Taranto, Matapan, Crete, North Africa – these are the critical battles and regions with which he is so closely associated. A Sailor’s Odyssey is the stirring autobiography of this great fighting seaman from his boyhood in Dublin and his early career in the Navy and his service in the First World War, through his commands in the inter-war years, to the great sea battles in the Mediterranean, and then his elevation to First Sea Lord in 1943 and his subsequent responsibility for the operational policy of the Royal Navy during the later stages of the War. He attended the conferences at Casablanca, Teheran, Quebec and Yalta, and gives revealing glimpses of Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. His was, truly, a remarkable career. This is a beautifully written and absorbing naval memoir, and it made a significant contribution to the history of the Royal Navy in the Second World War when it was first published in 1951; this new paperback edition, with an introduction by his great nephew Admiral Jock Slater, will fascinate and delight a new generation of readers and bring into focus again a great British fighting admiral.
The Nineteenth Century and After
Author: Narrative of the Field Operations Connected with the Zulu War of 1879
Author: Great Britain. War Office. Intelligence DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Zulu War, 1879
Languages : en
Pages : 210
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From Portsmouth to Peking Via Ladysmith with a Naval Brigade
Author: G. CrowePublisher:
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Category : Beijing (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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The Royal Navy List
Author: The United Service Magazine
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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